Closure for bottles or other receptacles.



PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904 0. MY. YOUNG. CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES OR OTHERREGEPTAGLES.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

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CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES OR OTHER RECEPTACLES SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. '762,793, dated June 14, 1904. Application filedDccemberfi, 1903. $erial No. 183,674. (Ilo model.)

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented a new and Improved Closure forBottles or other Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to closures for bottles or the like of the classthat are designed to expose the reuse of the bottle or receptacle afterthe contents have been removed.

The object of my invention is to provide novel details ofconstructionfor a bottle or jar closure which will infallibly show when the contentsof the receptacle have been par- .tially or entirely removed, this beingexposed by the retention within the bottle of a sealingplug that is animportant detail of the improved bottle or jar closure. v

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described, anddefined inthe appended claims.

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts -in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a bottle having the improvedclosure secured in its neck. Fig. 2 is a side'view of the improvedclosure removed from the neck of the bottle. Fig. 3 is an enlarged planview of a sealingplug employed. Fig. 4C is a perspective view of oneform of a spring-keeper employed to hold the closure device in the neckof the bot tle.

device may be applied to seal the neck of .a

bottle or of a jar having a neck. In the drawings the improvement isrepresented as applied to close the orifice or passage through the neckof a bottle and consists of the fol- Fig. 5 is a sectional side view oftheneck of a bottle andof a slightly-modified lowing describedconstruction and arrangement of parts.

A indicates an ordinary glass bottle, such as is commonly employed tohold liquor or other liquid as a sealed vendible package, and

4 A the neck thereof, which is cylindrical and of a suitable length toreceive the improved closure device, which principally consists of acylindrical sleeve-nut 10 and asealing-plug 11. The sleeve-nut 10 is inthe form of an essentiallycylindrical block having a suitable length topartially fill the bore of the neck A, wherein it is loosely fitted, theproportions of the sleeve nut conforming with the dimensions of thebottle-neck. As represented in Fig. 1, the sleeve-nut 10 is adapted toextend from theupper edge of the neck A to a point near the junction ofthe neck with the body A of the bottle shown in said figure.

Two preferably flat-bottomed circumfererr' ally perforated, forming apassage of suflicient diameter to permit a free flow of liquid from thebottle therethrough, and in the defining-wall of the perforation apreferably coarse female thread is formed, as represented in Figs. land5. At the lower end of the threaded perforationin the sleeve-nut 10 acounterbored recess bis formed, having a flat bottom wall and sufficientdepth toreceive a flat pliable joint-ring 13, that maybe of elasticrubber and in service is seated upon said bottom wall.

The sealing-plug 11 is in the form of ascrewthreaded bolt, the thread 6thereonbeing of equal pitch with the thread in the sleeve-nut 10 and ofsuch a diameter as will permit the plug to be screwed into the nut atits normal lower end and fit neatly therein. The sealing-plug 11 isprovided with a head 11 on IOO one end, that is mainly cylindrical andof a diameter that adapts the head to fit loosely in the recess 7), theinner end wall of the head being flat, so that it may have a bearingthroughout its area upon the joint ring 13. The head 11 is preferablyflattened on opposite sides, as shown for one side at 0 in Figs. 1 and5, these flat sides affording means for an engagement of a wrenchtherewith to screw the sealingplug fully within the threaded perforationin the sleeve-nut 10 and into engagement at the head 11* with thejointring 13, which effectively seals the passage through thesleeve-nut. The length of the sealing-plug 11 is such that when it isfully screwed into the sleeve-nut 10 the normal upper end of thesealing-plug will be located near the upper end of the sleeve-nut, andtwo shoulders d d are preferably formed oppositely on said upper end foran engagement therewith of a screw-driver or the like, which by rotationin the direction of the curved arrow in Fig. 3 will unscrew the plug 11,so as to release it from the sleeve-nut.

In the inner surface of the neck A of the bottle A a plurality ofrecesses e are formed, which may with advantage be oblong andrectangular, extending longitudinally therein and preferably positionedoppositely in'pairs, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 5. Similar recesses eare formed in the peripheral surface of the sleeve-nut 10 and so locatedthat they will be adapted to register with opposite pairs of therecesses e, as represented in Figs. 1 and 5, thus providingspring-holding pockets that are partly in the bottle-neck and partly inthe sleeve-nut. resilient keeper is provided to occupy each recess 0 e,and these keepers, which are formed of springmetal strips bent intoform, may be shaped as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 or as represented in Figs.5 and 6.

The keepers 14 (illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4) each consist of duplicatestrips g of spring plate metal and are preferably of such dimensions asadapt them when in completed condition to loosely occupy a recess 6 e.The pair of strips composing a spring-keeper 14 are similarly curvedsidewise and are held connected together with their convex surfacesimpinged upon each' other by a rivet IL or other means, so that a pairof divergent spring members project at each end of the keeper from thecenter of the same.

If the bottle A has been filled by any suitable means with liquid it isto contain as an original vendible package, while the neck A isunsealed, or, in other words, before the improved closure is introducedtherein, the latter may be quickly inserted by pressing the lower end ofthe sleeve-nut 10 into the upper end of the neck A, while the keepers 14are held in the recesses e, and the latter are in vertical alinementwith the recesses e. By continued pressure on the sleeve-nut 10 thespring-keepers 14 will enter the recesses e,that are in the inner wallof the bottle-neck A, and by their resilience their members will assumenormal diverged positions,which will positively and non-removably securethe sleeve-nut 10 in the bottle-neck A, and as the sealing-plug 11 hasbeen screwed into the sleeve-nut so as to impinge its head 11 upon thejoint-ring 13 before the sleeve-nut was introduced within said neck itis evident that the bottle Will be sealed against accidental leakage atits closure. When the bottle is to be opened for a removal of a portionof or the entire contents of the same, this may be readily'effected byunscrewing the sealing-plug 11 completely with a suitable implement,which will permit the sealing-plug to drop down into the bottle, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, where it will be held from removaland show that the original contents of the bottle have been removed,thus preventing a fraudulent reuse of the bottle.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 5 the sleeve-nut10 is so reduced in length that when it is fully introduced within theneck A of a bottle a suflicient space H is provided for the insertion ofthe cork C therein to seal the bottle in the usual manner. Inthisconstruction the springholding recesses e e are similar to those shownin Fig. 1 and hereinbefore described; but the spring-keepers that occupysaid recesses are each constructed of a single strip 15 of resilientplate metal having a suitable length and width,as shown by the blank inFig. 7 To give each of the last-mentioned keepers proper shape, thestrip of spring metal 15 is bent at z', i, '5 i and c" to give it theangular formation shown in Fig. 6, which produces four resilient membersn n a M, which diverge in pairs at opposite ends of the keeper. Therecesses e e in this construction of the improvement are located nearthe upper end of the sleeve-nut, and at a suitable distance below saidrecesses the cylindrical body of the sleeve-nut is circumferentiallygrooved for the reception of the joint-ring 12, similar to the lowerring 12 shown in Fig. 1.

It is to be understood that the sleeve -nut 1O is axially perforated andthreaded in the Wall of the perforation and that the sealingplug 11,that is screwed into the sleeve-nut, is provided with a head 11, whichoccupies the recess 6 at the lower end of the sleeve 10 and contactswith the joint-ring 13 to seal the passage through the sleeve-nut, thesedetails of construction being duplicates of those shown in Fig. 1 andalready fully described.

It will be seen that'if the plug 11 is screwed into the sleeve nut 1O soas to seal the passage therethrough and the sleeve-nut is inserted intothe top of the bottle-neck A so as to dispose respective pairs of therecesses e0 opposite each other, with the keepers formed of the singlestrips 15 held in said recesses or in the pockets they produce, thesleeve-nut 10 will be fixed immovably in the bottle-neck A and thebottle will be sealed with the improved neck-closing device, as isclearlyshown I or entirely.

It is a feature of advantage to furnish the bottle-neck A with a cork O,as this enables the sealing of the otherwise-open bottle-neck in casethe plug 11 is removed from the sleevenut and but a portion of theliquid contents of the bottle have been removed.

The sleeve-nut and sealing-plug that comprise the main features of theimproved closure device may be formed of glass, porcelain, hard rubber,or non-oxidizable metal, as may be preferred; but the color of thesealing-plug should be dilferent from that of the liquid contents of thebottle or other receptacle having the improved closure, so that the plugwill be plainly visible after it is removed from the sleeve-nut and liesat the bottom of the receptacle.

Obviously the improved closure may be applied upon a vesselhaving a widecylindrical neck, such as a jar, and be elfective as ameans to expose anattempt to refill the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A closure for the neck of a vessel, comprising asleeve-nut securable in the neck and having a threaded openingtherethrough,. a threaded sealing-plug enlarged on the normal inner endand inserted from the opposite end into the inner end of the nut, meansthat adapt the plug to receive turning movement at the normal outer endthereof, so as to unscrew it completely into the vessel, and means forclosing the neck above the nut.

' 2. A closure for the neck of a vessel, comprising a sleeve-nut havinga threaded perforation therethrough, means engaging the inner wall ofthe neck of the vessel and the periphery of the sleeve-nut, for holdingit immovable in said neck, a sealing-plu g exteriorly threaded andscrewed into the nut from the end of said nut that is nearest thebottle-body, and means formed at the outer end of the sealing-plug whichadapt said plug to be unscrewed completely so that it will fall into thebOttlG;

3. A closure for the neck of a vessel, comprising a cylindrical sleevenut having a threaded perforation therethrough, and an annular recess atthe inner end of the perforation, a sealing-plug threaded for screwinginto the thread in the sleeve-nut, said plug having a headed enlargementon the normal inner end thereof for engaging within the annular recess,a oint-ring 1n sa1d recess, whereon the head of the screw may contactfor sealing the passage through the nut, shoulders formed at A the outerend of the screw-plug to adapt it to be unscrewed into the vessel, andmeans engaging the neck and sleeve-nut, which holds the nut fromremoval.

4. A closure for the neck of a vessel, comprising a cylindricalsleeve-nut having peripheral spaced grooves therein, joint-ringsv thecounterbore, a joint-ring in the countera bore, pressed by the head, anda plurality of resilient keepers, each keeper formed of platemetalstrips and provided with divergent members, two opposed recessesbeingformed, one in the periphery of the sleeve-nut and the other in theinner surface of the neck which said keepers respectively occupy.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES M, YOUNG.

Witnesses: l J. E. DAVIS,

, GEORGE PATTIsoN.

